Hi TIG
This is my vision
I would calculate in a spreadsheet every part of a piece of furniture. E.g. a table can very easily be calculated with little parameters. THat is of course not every thnkable table in the world, but lets say a standart model with 4 legs, given height, given thickness of the table top, offset from legs to the edge of the table top and so forth.
I entre the data in a sheet and calculate every measure of the given model. Then I generate a list with every piece and the data:
Name, length, width, thickness, material, edging material, if needed, surface material, if needed, hardware. For cabinets, tables, benches, desks and such stuff this can quite easily be done.
To import this to SU I also need to calculate the orientation ansd position of the piece inside a drawing. Generate a csv export file.
Then import this data to SU and create one object for each set.
When i create data before, it seems much easier to create a cutlist, and a calculation of the price, the material input and ...